I see one of your labels is "odd" - how apt! It must be an act. I have a friend who taught ball room dancing and sighted people dancing as well. She had one blind student, superb at tango. She would take him with her to the sighted classes where they would demonstrate the dance, the message to the sighted being, Look a blind man can do it...so can you! I should add that they copied the tango in Scent of a Woman where the dancers start in opposite corners and meet in the middle of the dance floor. Very effective.

I'm wondering what the family life was like when the violin moved out and the parents had to just listen to the drum and accordion all the time! It's a truly wonderful photo! Oh to know the story behind this one.

I see one of your labels is "odd" - how apt! It must be an act. I have a friend who taught ball room dancing and sighted people dancing as well. She had one blind student, superb at tango. She would take him with her to the sighted classes where they would demonstrate the dance, the message to the sighted being, Look a blind man can do it...so can you! I should add that they copied the tango in Scent of a Woman where the dancers start in opposite corners and meet in the middle of the dance floor. Very effective.

Maybe it was spring and this was the north side of the building so the snow hadn't melted but it was warm. I hope so. I'm going to go with it was not an actual wedding. Who knew there were so many strange wedding photographs out there?

About This

This is a web gallery of antique photographs of musicians. Most are of people whose names are now lost in time but they represent the many kinds of players, instruments, and ensembles that once defined musical culture.But these photographs also capture a moment in the history of people and places, so I write about that too.

All the photos shown here are in my personal collection.

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